2016 - Term 1 - Nuriootpa High School

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NURIOOTPA HIGH SCHOOL
Tradition—Relationships—Excellence
P - 8562 2022
F - 8562 1029
E - [email protected]
W - www.nurihs.sa.edu.au
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
YEAR 8 INFORMATION NIGHT
A very successful information and meet the teacher night was held on Monday evening, February 22. Parents and carers were provided with details about many aspects of the school and
were able to meet their child’s Home Group teacher. It was great to see so many new families
(and some regulars!) which enables us to establish strong relationships as we share the journey of secondary education.
STUDENT ID AND BUS TAGS
School photos have been completed and students now have access to their student ID cards.
These are important cards for use to borrow books, sign in and out, access public transport
and now to record travel on school buses. As we change to the new bus system students will
no longer require a bus tag to travel. All things will be included on the one card so it is vital
that this is well cared for. Replacement ID cards can be arranged. The cost is $10 and payable to the Finance Office.
SPORTS DAY
Preparations are well underway for the annual Sports Day to be held on Friday March 18.
Students have the opportunity to compete in a wide range of athletic events and many novelty
activities. We encourage students to take the opportunity to be involved to help make the day
very successful. If there are any parents able to help out before or during the day as officials
or on food stalls please contact the school. We are looking forward to another exciting event.
CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY
The assembly to celebrate achievements of the class of 2015 was conducted on February 26.
This was an opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding work of many students from last
year. It is a wonderful time to hear from past students about their advice and plans for the
future. Congratulations again to our class of 2015 and thanks to Ms Reichstein and her team
in organising the event. A report of the day is included in the newsletter.
BLUE GUMS WOODLAND DEVELOPMENT
Students from Mr Conway’s senior class are heavily involved with the planning and development of our woodlands on the northern border of the school. This is a very important natural
resource and in conjunction with Mr Chris Hall from NRM we are working to provide a trail and
natural amphitheatre to further access this outstanding resource. Community support has
already been very strong in regard to materials and volunteer help. If you would like more
information or to be involved in the project, please contact Mr Conway at the school. Further
details will be provided as we make progress with the project.
Neil White
COMING EVENTS
MARCH
14 ADELAIDE CUP
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
15 4:30 Wine Committee
16 Y11 Outdoor Ed Exc.
18 Sports Day
21 Y11 Outdoor Ed Exc.
25 GOOD FRIDAY
28 EASTER MONDAY
31 4:00 Finance Committee
7:00 Governing Council
AGM
APRIL
5 Y8 Vaccination
6 Y8 Camp - 3 days
Y11 Outdoor Ed - 3 days
11 Y11 RYDA
12 Y11 Drama Production
13 Y11/12 Art Excursion
Y11 Drama Production
7:00 Y11 Drama
Production
14 Youth & Community
Expo
15 Whole School Assembly
End of Term 1
2:30 Students
Dismissed
MAY
2 Day 1- Term 2
UNIFORM SHOP
OPENING TIMES
Every Thursday from
8:30 - 11am
1:45 - 3:45pm
Our full uniform can be viewed
by visiting the
school website
www.nurihs.sa.edu.au
Please note:
Girls Shorts sizes 10G &
12G, Woollen Jumpers and
Fleecy Track Pants are now
available
Newsletter No. …., Term .. Week …, …………...2011
Newsletter No. 2, Term 1 Week 6, 11 March 2016
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GOVERNING COUNCIL
The Governing Council is an important decision making body for
the school. It provides an excellent opportunity to learn more
about the functioning of the
school including policy, fund raising and strategic planning.
Please consider nominating for
the Governing Council or one of
its sub-committees to be part of a
dynamic team. (please return
form to Front Office before AGM)
GOVERNING COUNCIL AGM
TO BE HELD ON
THURSDAY 31 MARCH
AT 7:00PM
IN
THE LOTE BUILDING
ALL WELCOME
The SRC have had a busy start to 2016, with a smaller group
of students we are all keen for the year ahead. The first week
of school involved a lot of forward planning for the year including Non-Uniform days, fundraising ideas and events such
as Sports Day.
We held our first Non-Uniform Day on Friday 19 February. As
per last year we have decided to hold two non-uniform days
each term, with one themed and one non-themed. Funds
raised will go towards shelter and seating around the school.
Our Week 9 Non-Uniform Day funds will be donated to the
McGrath Foundation. We will be working with Mr. Brad West
to hold a ‘Pink Stumps Day’ to promote this charity.
Our first event for this year was a Valentine’s Day stall. Here
we sold chocolates, roses, song dedications and messages.
Money raised from Valentine’s Day was used to purchase one
CFS Red Balloon for each home group, which were
tied onto the school’s front fence in honour of CFS’s Red Balloon Day. This was held during ECA of Monday 29 February, being
the last day of summer. We also held our schools Clean Up Australia Day on the Friday 4th March as an extended yard clean
up.
This year we will be holding a World’s Greatest Shave event here at Nuriootpa High School, this will be held at the school on
Thursday 24th March. Ryland Kungel will be shaving his luscious locks for a great cause. Any other students who would like to
be involved, please come and see us in Room 2 as soon as possible so that this can be organised.
Sports Day is our largest event for the year. Due to the smaller number of students in SRC we are asking for parent and/or
student helpers for this year’s Sports Day BBQ. If you are free on the day, Friday 18th March, your help would be greatly appreciated!
We are looking forward to a great year.
From the Nuriootpa High School SRC, Dawson Cheers and Alex Kerin
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MATERIALS & SERVICES CHARGE
The Materials and Services Charge for 2016 is $450 as set by the Governing Council and was due for payment on 12 February
unless you had arranged to pay by instalments.
The first instalment of $151.50 was due on Friday 12 February, $151.50 due on Friday 11 March and $147 due Friday 8 April.
If you have not made an arrangement to pay outside of the above dates then payment of $450 is required.
 Pay by cash, cheque, Eftpos at the Finance Office, or by credit card over the phone. Finance Office opening hours are
8:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.
 Pay via the school bank account BSB 105-055 Account number 233809740 - using your family code or invoice number as
the reference.
 Direct Debit – click on Direct Debit on the school website to pay from your bank account or credit card. There are 3 options, pay in full $450 or 10 weekly payments of $45 or 5 fortnightly payments of $90. Direct Debit will need to be done
for individual students.
Individual payment plans can be negotiated so please contact the Finance Office.
If you are applying for School Card assistance please lodge your forms at the Finance Office. School Card forms are available
on the schools website or at the Finance Office. Please contact us if you need any assistance.
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ATSI students Lee Sutton, Brooke Klose, Joey Roberts, Ben Williams, Danielle Sutton, Tyson Plummer
and Tarni Pope, worked with Artist Scott Rathman
(Rusted Tin Art, Gawler) and Jeannine Malcolm, Coordinator, Barossa Youth Services last week to design images that will feature in the Australia Post and
Barossa Council Community Mural project.
Artist, Scott Rathman mentored students through a
series of questions that included; ‘What makes the
Barossa special?’ ‘What does the word Tanunda
mean?’ and ‘What are the colours of the Barossa?’
After a brainstorming of ideas, students used pencil
and texta to draw their design concepts on paper.
The student designs will be painted by Artist Scott
Rathman onto 5 panels that will be affixed externally
to the brick columns of the Tanunda Post Office to
form a unique mural. The project will coincide with
National Youth Week, 8 -17th April, 2016.
Natalie Axo (AET)
Parents/caregivers are invited to inspect the 2 options of a zip jacket that are displayed in the library foyer.
With a similar 310gsm fabric, the designs are different in price and delivery time, with Option 1 requiring 8-10 weeks as it is
custom made, compared to the 2-3 week delivery time for Option 2.
The SRC are surveying the students in HG over the next week.
OPTION 1 - CURRENT APPROX $75
OPTION 2 - APPROX $45
UNIFORM REVIEW RETURN SLIP
PARENT/CAREGIVER SURVEY
NAME ………………………………………………………….
PREFERENCE ………………………………………………..
Please return to the survey box located in Student Services near the Uniform Shop by Friday 18
March.
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Earlier this term a group of keen students converged
on the shores of West Lakes for the annual Schools’
State Triathlon Championships. As a school that began
competing in this event only a few years ago, it’s encouraging to see a growing enthusiasm for the sport,
which involved athletes individually doing all three legs
in their race (swim/ride/run) or in a team completing
one of the legs.
For a small group it was a very early start to be ready
for the morning races - the State Triathlon Championships or the Come ‘n Try. Their efforts were rewarded
with some fantastic results:
4th Jez McLennan (Intermediate Boys State Triathlon)
5th Lee Sutton (Senior Boys State Triathlon)
19th Will McBride (Junior Boys State Triathlon)
It was a lot tougher this year in the Team’s events,
with our best result coming from the Senior Mixed
Teams which finished a fantastic 4th (Jess Hahn, Simon Furnell & Tom Martin) and a respectable 12th
(Ruby McLennan, Lee Sutton & Claudia Cope).
In other results, the Senior Boys Team results were:
7th (Jez McLennan, Cooper Dahms & Ryan Hoklas)
Intermediate Boys Team results:
16th (Jayten Davis, Jack Riethmuller & Isaac Feltus)
Overall, NHS finished an encouraging 14th from 28
teams. I would like to acknowledge the excellent support, encouragement and transport assistance from
our families: Sandy Hahn, Jon Martin, Mark Davis,
Debbie Feltus & Ruby McLennan. Without their assistance we would have all been exhausted just getting
down there (running/riding)!!
Yours in sport, Peter Welford
Triathlon Team Manager
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Nuriootpa High School Year 10 Vines and Wines students have been very busy with the current vintage. Their vintage commenced with the crushing and pressing of Chardonnay grapes provided by Marcus Schulz. The resultant juice was transferred
to Wolf Blass for cold fermentation to be carried out under the care of Clare Day.
This was followed by the harvest of the dry grown shiraz from the Hickinbotham Estate block on Research Rd. Nuriootpa High
also sources a tonne of dry grown A grade Shiraz from Ebenezer which is used to create the flagship Barossa Class Shiraz.
Last Thursday Darren Chapman mechanically harvested our school shiraz – approximately 4 tonnes worth which was then
crushed for fermentation on site. At the same time some students were pressing the previous week’s Barossa Class ferments.
It was a busy day.
It was great to see the dedicated involvement of the students in the Wine Making program. They take on board an appreciation of the fact they are involved in the making of a food product and the consequent requirement for high levels of hygiene
and responsible performance of the various tasks required to produce the finished product.
We would like to convey our congratulations to Steve Lienert on being awarded wine maker of the year at the recent vintage
launch. Steve has been our mentor and consultant supporting our red wine making efforts for many years. His support and
advice have been very much appreciated.
Nurihannam Wines have a reputation for exceptional quality and this has been confirmed by results at both the Barossa Wine
Show and the National Schools Wine Show which is judged by the same panel of judges who judge the annual Royal Adelaide
Wine Show.
A full list of our wines for sale is available on our website and per favour of Cellarmasters our wines can be shipped Australia
wide if you are looking for a unique gift for family or friends.
Gerald Wright - Ag Studies Coordinator
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Four of the 2015 year 11 and 12 Woodwork students had the courage to exhibit their woodwork projects in a National Woodwork Competition. The competition, organised by the “Australian Wood Review” magazine for the second year running and
sponsored by major woodworking companies and woodworking guilds, attracted 70 entries from Year 11 and 12 students
from around Australia. There were six categories that students could enter.
The four students from Nuriootpa High School were:
Kelly Linke, a Year 12 who created a cocktail bar with a solid Red Gum slab top.
Cadell Canute, a Year 11 who created a Langstroth beehive with hand cut joints.
Christina Tait, a Year 11 who created a bedside cabinet where all joints were at an angle.
Cedric Le Brun Costes, a Year 11 who created a turned wine table on the wood lathe.
All four students did an excellent job with producing their pieces. Two students achieved places within their categories. Kelly
achieved a third place in the “Most Popular” category. Cedric achieved a second place in “Best Turned Piece.”
All student entries can be viewed at http://www.woodreview.com.au/student-awards/student-entries-2015. The information
for the 2016 student awards will be available in the coming months and I encourage all year 11 and 12 students to consider
submitting their woodwork in this nationally recognized competition.
David Vaughan - Woodwork Teacher
Left - Kelly’s
Cocktail Bar
Right - Cedric’s
Turned Wine Table
This week a letter went out to all Year 8 and Year 9 students inviting them to go on the Canberra trip from Sunday 25 September to 29 September.
Expressions of interest by parents/caregivers for their students to attend will need to be made by providing the consent
form with a $200 deposit to the Finance Office, as soon as possible so that the student’s name can be put on the list.
The first 40 names received will be considered for the trip. Names after 40 will be put on to a waiting list.
Jenny Howard - Coordinator of Canberra Trip
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This term a whole school assembly was conducted to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2015. Invited guests included
Mr Davie Slade from Tanunda Foodland and Mrs Carol Farley representing the Soroptimist International of Barossa Valley Inc,
the two major sponsors of the Dux awards, parents, past students, staff and current students.
Our SRC representatives, Madeline Hegarty and Emilie Hanckel were the hosts for the assembly who did an outstanding job of
running the program in front of the entire school. Mrs Kirsty Gebert, Deputy Principal, reiterated to students the important
message of celebrating the success of past students and reinforced the message of goal setting and following your dreams to
the current year 12 group by finding your true self.
SRC MEMBERS FOR 2016
The SRC were then officially inducted into their new roles by Mr Daniel Searson and Miss Balin Powardy and were presented
with their badges on stage.
Madeline Hegarty (Yr 12 President)
Emilie Hanckel (Yr 12 Vice President)
Alexander Kerin (Yr 12 Treasurer)
Amalia Canute (Yr 9 Secretary)
Tahlee Harris (Yr 9 Secretary)
Dawson Cheers (Yr 10)
Noah Eggleton (Yr 9)
Serena Lange (Yr 9)
Hayden Materne (Yr 10)
Iri Roche (Yr 10)
Abbey Underwood (Yr 9)
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Mrs Jenny Howard welcomed the Exchange students to Nuriootpa High School including Jaro Meffert, Lina Schmidt and Cedric
Le Brun-Costes.
CELEBRATION OF 2015 A+ WITH MERIT AWARDS
Ms Reichstein had the pleasure of announcing the six Merit winners from the class of 2015. These students received a score of
20 out of 20 for one SACE subject or subjects, which is an outstanding achievement that the school certainly celebrated.
Students
Sophie Saegneschnitter
Subject
Chemistry
Biology
Psychology
Research Project B
Workplace Practices
Psychology
Research Project B
Research Project B
Electronics
Jessica Calvert
Regan Lambert
Maddison Perry
Lauren Prior
Nathan Scholz
Teacher
Phil Thompson
Angus Magarey
Kirsty Gebert
Tanya Bowley
Brad West
Kirsty Gebert
David Gebert
Jay Ferrin
John Barkley
CELEBRATION OF 2015 A+ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Ms Reichstein also acknowledged the two students who achieved A+ grades for a subject in 2015, whilst their teachers presented them with their well-deserved awards.
Students
Subject
Teacher
Tim Wohlers-Reichel
Physics
Chris Gambell
Amy Cook
Research Project B
David Gebert
CELEBRATION OF 2015 VET CERT III AWARDS
Mr Matt Smith, our VET Coordinator introduced the two students who successfully completed a Cert III course in 2015 and
acknowledged the efforts of these dedicated students in following their dreams.
Jessica Calvert - Cert III Tourism
Stephanie Crawford – Cert III Aged Care
CELEBRATION OF THE TOP TEN STUDENTS
Ms Reichstein introduced the top ten students from the class of 2015 who achieved outstanding ATAR sores in their subjects.
Mrs Kirsty Gebert congratulated them and presented them with their certificates.
SAEGENSCHNITTER, Sophie
WOHLERS-REICHEL, Tim
LAMBERT, Regan
PERRY, Maddison
MILLER, Deanna
NOURSE, Georgia
KERR, Deanna
COOK, Amy
HANN, Bradley
INGRAM, Hayden
99.85
97.6
96.8
96.2
95.7
93.55
92.1
91.75
91.75
90.75
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2015 DUX AWARDS
The final awards were announced by Mrs Kirsty Gebert and presented by our major community sponsors. These prestigious
awards recognised the dedication, persistence and excellence of the top Male and Female student at Nuriootpa High in 2015.
Sophie Saegneschnitter
Soroptimist International of Barossa Valley Inc
Tim Wohlers-Reichel
Tanunda Foodland
The assembly was then officially closed by Madeline Hegarty and Emilie Hanckel. Overall, this assembly celebrated and recognised the dedicated work ethic and determination of the top students from the Class of 2015 at Nuriootpa High School.
Anne-Marie Reichstein
Year 12 Manager 2016
A+ Academic Achievement Awards
A+ with Merit Awards
Top Ten Students
(1 student unable to attend)
2015 Dux Awards
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On Friday, 26 February three Nuriootpa High School students competed at the Trinity College Interschool Gymkhana: Tori
Lehmann riding Woodstock Avenel Terroro, Sinead Jakeway riding Indiana and Jemma Umlauf riding Dreamtime Ali. Competition was very strong this year. All three riders were a credit to the school, with Jemma and her horse being placed in several
events.
FREE SEMINAR
CHILDREN, TEENS AND PORNOGRAPHY
WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW
The online seminar is filled with risks for children and families.
Come and hear nationally recognised parenting speaker, author and researcher Dr Justin Coulson talk about:

The alarming statistics regarding children’s access to
online pornography


The impact on boys and girls
How parents can guide their child or teen
The event will be webcast to accommodate parents and carers
who cannot attend in person.
Date and Time: Wednesday 6 April, 7:00 to 9:00pm
Venue: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace
Register online at http://parentingsa.eventbrite.com.au to
attend, or to view the webcast.
For more information, visit http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/
parentingsa/seminars.htm or phone Parenting SA on 8303
1660
Contact: Senior Health Promotion Officer, Parenting SA,
Dorian Marsland-Smith - phone 8161 7159
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NURIOOTPA HIGH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY NEWS
Angaston Junior Football Registrations
are now open and can now be
processed on line.
Anglicare SA will be running a Nunga
Community BBQ in Gawler at the APEX
Park, Julian Tce at 4.00pm on the 1st and
3rd Friday of each month. It is open to any
Aboriginal people within Gawler and
surrounding areas.
For information please contact;
Scott Rathman
Aboriginal Mental Health Support Worker
Personal Helpers & Mentors Program
(PHaMs) AnglicareSA
23 Adelaide
Road, Gawler South SA 5118
P 08 8522 8104 | F 08 8305 9270 | M 0418
142 572 | E [email protected]
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2016 - Term 1 - Nuriootpa High School

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